White Sea

Its Marine Environment and Ecosystem Dynamics Influenced by Global Change

Nikolai Filatov, Dmitri Pozdnyakov, Ola M. Johannesen, Lasse H. Pettersson and Leonid P. Bobylev

White Sea: Its Marine Environment and Ecosystem Dynamics Influenced by Global Change brings together the results of a wide range of environmental, ecological and socioeconomic studies based on extensive data analysis and numerical modelling simulations. It provides a quantitative assessment of the vulnerability of the White Sea marine ecosystems, including scenarios for future anthropogenic and climate change forcing.

Amongst the subjects explored in depth are:

• extensive historical marine and riverine data records
• an examination of the White Sea ecosystem profile
• the application of satellite Earth observation investigations into changes in regional physical oceanography and marine ecology
• challenges of data assimilation in ocean and ecosystem modelling
• the extent of the present state-of-the-art and future developments in the region
• socio-economic impact of ecological changes
• an integrated assessment of the state of the ecology, vulnerability and sustainability of the White Sea

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
  1. Geography of the White Sea and its watershed (A.V. Litvinenko, N.N.Filatov, and V.A. Volkov)
  2. White Sea watershed hydrology and anthropogenic impact (V.V. Ivanov and V.A. Brizgalo)
  3. Climate of the White Sea catchment and scenarios of climate and river runoff changes (N.N. Filatov, L.E. Nazarova, Ju A. Salo, and A.V.Tolstikov)
  4. Oceanographic regime (N.N. Filatov, D.V. Pozdnyakov, Ju.I. Ingebeikin, R.E. Zdorovenov, V.V. Melentyev, A.V. Tolstikov, and L.H. Pettersson)
  5. Aquatic ecosystem profile (P.R. Makarevich and Ju V. Krasnov)
  6. Satellite oceanography: New results (D.V. Pozdnyakov, L.H. Pettersson, O.M. Johannessen, P. Bobylev, V.V. Melentyev, N.N. Filatov, V.I. Chernook, A.N. Filatov, A.V. Korosov, A.N. Stuliy, and M.W.Miles)
  7. Economy of the White Sea watershed area (A. Yu Terzhevik, A.V. Litvinenko, P.V. Druzhinin, and N.N. Filatov)
  8. Geographic Information Systems for managing the ecosystem and living resources of the White Sea (V.V. Rastoskuev, V.K. Donchenko, A.N. Filatov, and E.V. Shalina)
  9. Water quality assessment and the problem of marine ecosystem stability (V.V. Denisov and A.V. Shavykin)
  10. Numerical simulations of the White Sea hydrodynamics and marine ecosystem (I.L. Bashmachnikov, O.M. Johannessen, L.H. Pettersson, G. Evensen, I.A. Neelov, O.P. Savchuk, A.V. Leonov, S. Kaitala, T. Stipa, H. Kuosa, and N.N. Filatov)
• Afterword
• References
• Index

Extent: 520 pages
Binding: Hardback
Publication Date: May 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-20541-8

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